Cancer, Vitamin D, and the Cure That’s Been Hidden From the World
Filed Under: Health Issues on May 11, 2011
by Aaron Turpen, Health Freedom Network Newsletter #374
Recent studies have shown that Vitamin D may play a much bigger role in cancer and other chronic disease prevention than previously thought. Scientists at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha published findings in the journal Anticancer Research that most people are not getting nearly enough Vitamin D in their diet.
The study involved thousands of volunteers who took supplements containing between 1,000 and 10,000 international units (IU) of Vitamin D daily. The scientists tested the blood of those in the study regularly, looking for the most common form of D in the blood stream – 25-vitamin D. They found that in order to maintain healthy levels in the blood, patients needed from 4,000 to 8,000 IU of supplement daily.
Maintaining this has been shown to reduce the risks of several diseases, including cancers, degenerative bone diseases, and some neurological diseases, by half.
Yet the government and most mainstream recommendations call for only 400 IU per day for adults. Ten times less than the minimum the study found necessary. Another finding in the research was that 90% of participants were Vitamin D deficient at the outset.
Dr. Cedric Garland of the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center says that the low 400 IU daily intake is only just enough to prevent rickets – a horrible childhood bone deficiency. Those low levels, however, do little else in terms of prevention or healing.
The reasons for keeping Vitamin D information from the public are obvious. The government’s low recommendations – including a ridiculous claim from the Institute of Medicine that this nutrient has little to do with anything chronic and that most Americans get plenty of it for their needs – have a purpose.
Should the public understand how this nutrient works to stabilize and improve so many bodily functions, it would be only a matter of weeks before the pharmaceutical industry and much of the medical establishment began to go bankrupt. In fact, it’s possibly the number one threat to the Sick Care Industry and its profits. Billions of dollars in research grants, public donations, and modern medicine scare campaigns would be lost as well.
Finally, and most importantly, the study shot down the myth that too much Vitamin D is “toxic.” Participants who were taking 10,000 or more IU daily showed no toxicity. The best part? Vitamin D is FREE – you just need to get a little sun – and supplements are very cheap and broadly available.
